| Ville Nylund | |
| Height: | 1.75 m |
| Birth Date: | 1972 8, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Kokkola, Finland |
| Position: | Right back |
| Youthyears1: | 1983–1991 |
| Youthclubs1: | OLS |
| Years1: | 1991 |
| Clubs1: | OLS |
| Caps1: | 14 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 1992–1994 |
| Clubs2: | FC Oulu |
| Caps2: | 61 |
| Goals2: | 1 |
| Years3: | 1995–1996 |
| Clubs3: | Jaro |
| Caps3: | 49 |
| Goals3: | 2 |
| Years4: | 1997–2006 |
| Clubs4: | HJK |
| Caps4: | 206 |
| Goals4: | 1 |
| Nationalyears1: | 1991–1992 |
| Nationalteam1: | Finland U21 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 4 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 1996–2004 |
| Nationalteam2: | Finland |
| Nationalcaps2: | 21 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 14 May 2024 |
Ville Nylund (born 14 August 1972) is a Finnish former professional footballer, who played as a right back. He was capped 21 times for Finland national football team during 1996–2004.[1]
Nylund started playing football with Oulun Luistinseura (OLS).[2] He has also played for FC Oulu, FF Jaro and HJK Helsinki. While playing with HJK, Nylund won three Finnish championship titles, two Finnish Cups, and historically represented HJK in the 1998–99 UEFA Champions League group stage, the first time for a Finnish club in the UCL.[3] [4]
He ended his professional playing career after the 2006 season, having made a total of 285 appearances in top-tier Veikkausliiga.[5] In March 2008, he started working for the Finnish FA.[6] [7]
His son Antton Nylund is a footballer for HJK Klubi 04.[8]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| OLS | 1991 | Kakkonen | 14 | 0 | – | – | 14 | 0 | |||
| FC Oulu | 1992 | Veikkausliiga | 14 | 0 | – | – | 14 | 0 | |||
| 1992 | Ykkönen | 17 | 0 | – | – | 17 | 0 | ||||
| 1993 | Veikkausliiga | 26 | 0 | – | – | 26 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 0 | |||
| Jaro | 1995 | Veikkausliiga | 23 | 2 | – | – | 23 | 2 | |||
| 1996 | Veikkausliiga | 26 | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | 30 | 0 | |||
| Total | 49 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 53 | 2 | |||
| HJK Helsinki | 1997 | Veikkausliiga | 24 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
| 1998 | Veikkausliiga | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||
| 1999 | Veikkausliiga | 28 | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | 32 | 0 | |||
| 2000 | Veikkausliiga | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| 2001 | Veikkausliiga | 23 | 1 | – | 2 | 0 | 25 | 1 | |||
| 2002 | Veikkausliiga | 26 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | 28 | 0 | |||
| 2003 | Veikkausliiga | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
| 2004 | Veikkausliiga | 18 | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | 22 | 0 | |||
| 2005 | Veikkausliiga | 18 | 0 | – | – | 18 | 0 | ||||
| 2006 | Veikkausliiga | 1 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 206 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 240 | 1 | |||
| Klubi 04 | 2006 | Ykkönen | 4 | 0 | – | – | 4 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 330 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 368 | 3 | |||
| Finland | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals | |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2001 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2003 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 21 | 0 | |
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